Harrogate, TN – The Lincoln Memorial women's lacrosse team falls to the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday afternoon 7-18.

Unlike matches in the past, scoring for either team didn't begin until halfway through the first quarter, as Lenoir Rhyne's Olson scored the first goal with 8:05 remaining in the first, followed by Christenson less than a minute later with 7:41 remaining, both unassisted. Lincoln Memorial wasn't far from scoring, as Amber Kirkpatrick scores the first goal for LMU with 6:57 remaining. The next two minutes were scoreless, as the next goal scored would be Mikesell scoring from L-R with 4:47 remaining and Richardson with 4:02 remaining. The Railsplitters would respond with another goal, this time from Josie Tinnerello with 2:55 remaining in the first, with Kirkpatrick earning the assist. The Bears would have the last say in the first as Campbell scored with 1:45 remaining, making the score 2-5 going into the second quarter with Lenoir-Rhyne in the lead.

LMU would gain some momentum in the second as they put up 2 goals in less than 2 minutes, with the first goal coming from Kirkpatrick, which is her second goal of the match, with the assist coming from Jalee Davis wit 14:33 remaining. Less than a minute later, Jaedyn Ryba would post her first goal of the match with 13:40 remaining, unassisted. The next 3 goals would come from the Bears: Christenson with 11:18 remaining, Richardson with 9:30 remaining, and Christenson with 4:56 remaining. Lincoln Memorial would also have the final say in the second as they put up their 5^th goal of the match, with the goal coming from Jaiden Jaynes and the assist coming from Abby Durkin with 0:19 second remaining in the second to bring the score to 5-8 going into halftime.

The third quarter would be all Lenoir-Rhyne as they scored a 5-0 run: Olson with 13:28 and 13:01 remaining, Richardson (Campbell) with 12:10 remaining, Burghardt (Christenson) with 8:21 remaining, and Burghardt with 6:06 remaining. With those being the only goals in the third, the score going into the fourth and final quarter would be 5-13 with the Bears in the lead.

L-R would be the first to score in the fourth, as Richardson posts a goal with 13:49 remaining, followed up by a goal by Olson with 12:07 remaining. LMU would put up their first goal of the fourth quarter with 9:33 remaining as Tinnerello registers a man-down goal, unassisted. The Bears would respond by extending their lead by 3 more goals: Olson with 8:58 remaining, Burghardt with 4:41 remaining, an Newton with 3:10 remaining. Tinnerello would score her second goal of the quarter and the last goal of the match with 1:20 remaining in the fourth, with Ryba earning the assist. The final score would be 7-18 with Lenoir-Rhyne taking the win.

Tinnerello and Kirkpatrick would both lead in points with 3, as Kirkpatrick posts 2 goals and 1 assist and Tinnerello scores team-high 3 goals. Samantha Billingsley and Amber Kirkpatrick would both be the team-leaders in ground balls with 3 each. Billingsley, Ryba, and Ryan Smith would all lead in caused turnovers with 3 each, and Davis and Tinnerello would both lead in draw controls with 3 each. Keegan Gillman and Elle Miller would both earn time in goal, with Miller recording 6 saves and Gillman registering 3.

As a team, Lincoln Memorial recorded 22 shots, with 13 of them being on goal, 12 successful clears, 17 ground balls, and 11 draw controls.

With the loss, Lincoln Memorial moves to 5-6 overall and 2-3 in the SAC.

Their next match will be on Saturday March 29^th as they travel to Salisbury, NC to face Catawba at 11 am.